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I can't quite believe that it has been 10 years since I set up Acknowledge. The time has gone so quickly and what a journey I have been on as a business owner... ✅ Decided to leave my job whilst on maternity leave with our eldest. ✅ Started working as a freelance designer for a year or so. ✅ Setup Acknowledge without ANY knowledge of running a business but full of excitement and hope. ✅ Had two more children whilst building up the business ✅ Learned how to build a brand ✅ Grew a following with marketing ✅ Learned how to sell ✅ Survived covid ✅ Built business relationships and expanded my network thanks to Collaborate MK , Busy Women Networking, and The Athena Network ✅ Started my second business The Edge Brands ✅ Became a finalist and an award winner ✅ Growing my businesses still with 5 on the team I mean that's a quick snapshot of the business growth I have been on, there's so much more behind that and so much more still yet to do and learn. If you're sitting on the fence about starting a business - I would say - go for it! My biggest takeaway from a decade in business: always be ready to learn. ❤️ #businessownertips #entrepreneur

From Day 1 to Year 3, the journey has been a remarkable one. 🎉🚀 As we celebrate our business's third anniversary, we're grateful for every lesson learned, every connection made, and every goal achieved. Here's to another year of making strides and pushing boundaries! 🥂💼 #ThreeYearsStrong #BusinessJourney #GrowthUnleashed #3years #businessgrowth

Deel has been profitable for over a year. An outstanding performance for a company that was founded less than 5 years ago. Since I only recently started at Deel and still have the outsider’s view, I can see why that is: The business idea has definitely caught the spirit of the times, and we consistently focus on a high level of customer orientation. Our ability to use our customers' wishes to further develop the product is a key success factor. Equally impressive is the speed with which we get things done at Deel. We are extremely flexible and responsive, which enables us to implement customer needs in the shortest possible time and therefore stay ahead of the competition. Last but not least, the work culture is also crucial: Unlike many other companies that currently try to increase performance by controlling their employees, forcing them to go back to the offices, Deel focuses on giving employees a lot of freedom: Where they work and when they work. Coupled with a shared vision of changing the way of working, this motivates and spurs us all on to peak performance. I’m proud to be part of this company and can’t wait for what lies ahead of us!

As we celebrate our 40th anniversary, it's a perfect opportunity to look back on the remarkable transformations that have taken place since the establishment of Cunningham-Limp in 1984. Over the past four decades, our lives have been shaped by technological advancements and changes in social norms, among other things, in ways that we could hardly have imagined. Let's take a journey through time and explore the top 10 ways in which life has changed since 1984. #40Years #BuildingBetterCommunities https://lnkd.in/gbZBB-Mi

Easy to do when you love the company and the people within it.

Vijay Krishna shares his thoughts on being the best of the best, and the robust future that we’re building towards. More on how we won the World's Best GBS Award by SSON and SSON Research & Analytics, watch the video! #WeAreTesco #WorldsBestGBS

Today, marks an awesome milestone of thirteen years. A time to celebrate the beginning, the mission, company values, and outstanding industry progression. I am grateful to work for a company with a daily focus on safety, strong customer relationships, internal employee growth, integrity, honesty, innovation, development, and the pursuit to become to become better human beings. #13strong #congratulations #foundationalvalues #foundationday

Four years ago I tripped into yet another opportunity, building One Day Agency. As with every other I came across, I said yes. Why? The learning opportunity was just immense to not take it as with all the previous ones. And that's how I got here today after a few countries and roles as a leader of an advertising agency: I focus on learning a ton and I care a ton. Over 30% of my weekly time is purely reading and absorbing content. And applying it, testing it, daily. In addition to some "hacks": - Change jobs regularly: you'll maximise the number of people you meet, the knowledge of each environment you can get access to, your financial potential, and so on unlocking more opportunities and knowledge. - Plan ahead: pick jobs that enable you the skills you will need in 2 years. Want to be the head of the department? Go into a job that will teach you all the knowledge needed to run that department. If that department has multiple silos, you guessed it, you'll need to learn all the silos meaning at times different jobs/roles. - Acquire self-awareness: talk to people openly about your shortfalls and seek advice, self-awareness is the most powerful tool for your personal development and career. - Open criticism: how are you going to do something better if you or your environment doesn't allow sharing ideas and criticism? You won't, you'll be average. - Don't fall into money traps: some life decisions such as buying a house or high-paying sales jobs are nothing but traps. I know, polarising. Great for the short term, really bad for the long term. - Invest in absorbing content, in learning, constantly, every day. You'd be surprised what 15 minutes a day does for you from unlocking new conversations or winning the pitch. Subscribe to relevant people on your phone. What are your hacks and advice to anyone looking to move the needle on their career?

We recently spoke with one of our functional consultants, Lois McKay, about her role in our product team and how it has developed since she joined us through our Associate Academy in 2020. Read what she had to say in our latest blog https://lnkd.in/eN-xE9UY

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